diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index a34d150..b7a5f51 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3090,8 +3090,7 @@
 
 nlmsg_failure:
 rtattr_failure:
-	if (array)
-		kfree(array);
+	kfree(array);
 	skb_trim(skb, b - skb->data);
 	return -1;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 614296a..dbd9767 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -587,8 +587,7 @@
 			skb->next = NULL;
 		}
 
-		if (tmp_hdr)
-			kfree(tmp_hdr);
+		kfree(tmp_hdr);
 
 		if (err == 0) {
 			IP6_INC_STATS(IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGOKS);
@@ -1186,10 +1185,8 @@
 
 out:
 	inet->cork.flags &= ~IPCORK_OPT;
-	if (np->cork.opt) {
-		kfree(np->cork.opt);
-		np->cork.opt = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(np->cork.opt);
+	np->cork.opt = NULL;
 	if (np->cork.rt) {
 		dst_release(&np->cork.rt->u.dst);
 		np->cork.rt = NULL;
@@ -1214,10 +1211,8 @@
 
 	inet->cork.flags &= ~IPCORK_OPT;
 
-	if (np->cork.opt) {
-		kfree(np->cork.opt);
-		np->cork.opt = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(np->cork.opt);
+	np->cork.opt = NULL;
 	if (np->cork.rt) {
 		dst_release(&np->cork.rt->u.dst);
 		np->cork.rt = NULL;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index cf94372..e6b0e39 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -756,8 +756,7 @@
 	}
 	ip6_tnl_dst_store(t, dst);
 
-	if (opt)
-		kfree(opt);
+	kfree(opt);
 
 	t->recursion--;
 	return 0;
@@ -766,8 +765,7 @@
 	dst_link_failure(skb);
 tx_err_dst_release:
 	dst_release(dst);
-	if (opt)
-		kfree(opt);
+	kfree(opt);
 tx_err:
 	stats->tx_errors++;
 	stats->tx_dropped++;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipcomp6.c b/net/ipv6/ipcomp6.c
index 85bfbc6..55917fb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipcomp6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipcomp6.c
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@
 out_put_cpu:
 	put_cpu();
 out:
-	if (tmp_hdr)
-		kfree(tmp_hdr);
+	kfree(tmp_hdr);
 	if (err)
 		goto error_out;
 	return nexthdr;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index 8567873..003fd99 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@
 		if (ra->sk == sk) {
 			if (sel>=0) {
 				write_unlock_bh(&ip6_ra_lock);
-				if (new_ra)
-					kfree(new_ra);
+				kfree(new_ra);
 				return -EADDRINUSE;
 			}